Lorain County Voters Will See Bilingual Touch Screen, Absentee Ballots
Avon Lake voters saw bilingual option on touch screen during mayoral runoff election.
With an increased amount of Hispanics in Lorain County, the Lorain County Board of Elections will present one bilingual ballot for absentee voting for the first time countywide, on March 6. Touch screens will also have Spanish and English options
Avon Lake voters first saw a bilingual absentee ballots and touch screen options in the December mayoral runoff election.
Lorain County Board of Elections Director Paul Adams said Lorain County voters who requested an absentee ballot prior to the December elections could request either a Spanish or English ballot.
“Last November election we were required to provide an option for absentee ballots for Spanish,” Adams said. That meant voters could request a Spanish or English absentee ballot. Now there will be just one larger, bilingual ballot.
“In some places, those ballots will be two pages,” Adams said.
And Lorain County voters in the primary election will see an option to proceed in Spanish or English if they are using touch screens at a polling location.
According to the 2010 Census data, Lorain County has more than 17,000 Puerto Ricans, a 60 percent increase since 1990.
Dave Thum
7:55 am on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
More politically correct. b.s.
Andrea S
8:49 am on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
If you're a citizen you have a right to vote, no matter your language, so yes.
Sarah
11:08 am on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I don't understand why we need to. You have to be an American citizen to vote which means you've taken a test. Correct? So do they have the citizenship tests in other languages? I'm not trying to be sarcastic I really do what to know this.
Nick B. Fernando
2:47 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
We have no official language in this country, so ballots should be available in any language that is needed!
John Meola
10:50 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012
Puerto Rico is a US territory and is majority Spanish-speaking. As such, Puerto Ricans have every right to live in Lorain County and every right to have services provided in what can rightfully be considered a second common language in the US.
James Thomas
10:11 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Delete James Thomas
9:39 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Even Joe the Plumber is not as biased as you John.
I'm calling you out on this one: .John Meola
8:10 am on Monday, February 6, 2012
Ten things conservatives hate:
1. Facts
2. Logic
3. Women's equality
4. Gays
5. Blacks who aren't subservient to whites
6. Poor people
7. Hispanics who like to speak Spanish
8. Non-Christians
9. Universal health care -- unless it's Medicare for today's senior citizens (tomorrow's seniors, well....you're out of luck)
10. The environment
Dave Thum
12:34 pm on Saturday, February 18, 2012
The ten things conservatives hate is one of the most immature comments on a forum as ive seen. Very sophomoric. Such things are better saved for Facebook.